It was delightful to sleep at the Mont Huye Hotel last night compared to the Kigali apartment with the saggy mattresses and noisy all night bar across the street. The hotel is in a quiet garden with lots of birds.
Teaching in Butare is usually most enjoyable and today was true to form. Mat and I were in adjacent rooms with two keen residents. The ORs run well, although there are still problems with equipment and drugs. Our laryngoscope was truly on it's last legs. I think the resident intubated with ambient light. Mat taught one of the residents how to do an ultrasound guided popliteal block and also did cardiac echo on another patient. Mat is extremely fond of ultrasound.
After a good day of teaching in the OR we headed off to a cafe for oral exam practice with the residents. This evening we had journal club with ample fish and goat brochettes, fries and large beers (for the guys). A surgery resident, who is on his ICU rotation, joined us for journal club.
The power has just gone out and a noisy generator is running, so tonight might not be quite as quiet as last. We will teach again tomorrow morning then join with Emmy and Michelle around noon to head to Nyungwe Forest.
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| gardens at Mont Huye |
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| Mat discussing a topic with Egide |
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| Butare journal club |
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